Originally Posted by
strangebloke
It comes back to the fact that blood hunters don't get heavy armor.
Conventionally, strength builds and Dex builds are about equal. Dex builds are more flexible, strength builds hit harder and have better AC.
But since hunters don't get heavy armor, if they want to have good AC and be strength based they need good strength and good Dex. So it's inefficient.
But if you start with a +2 to strength you can pick up heavy armor at level 4, and not be behind on ASI. So no big.